1825 My New Daming

Chapter 436 God bless you, Yingyi is here! (ask for subscription, ask for monthly pass)
December 1832, 12, the night of the birthday of brother Jesus Christ.

Solomon Sea.

103 Fleet, the flagship, the large light cruiser Kong Ming.

Hong Renkun, an observer from Hua County, Guangdong, looked up at the sky full of stars, then made a sign of the cross on his chest, folded his hands together, bowed towards the west, and prayed in a low voice in Mandarin with a Hakka accent: "Heavenly Father, Emperor God , Brother Jesus, please bless me, Hong Renkun, Huaxian County, Guangdong Province, for making contributions, and I will be able to get extra points to be a military scholar in the Naval Academy in the future. At that time, I, Hong Renkun, will be able to honor my ancestors, and I will definitely make gold for my father and brother in the future body, amen!"

This Guangdong Hakka youth named Hong Renkun turned out to be a believer in the God Worship Association. Oh, speaking of the God Worship Association, I have to mention that Zhuge Zhongshan again.His hometown was very vigilant against the missionary activities of the Roman universal church. After unifying southern China, he immediately took back Macau, and issued the "Decree of the Society of Worshiping God", announcing that all the sects of worshiping God in Ming Dynasty would be unified into worshiping God. The meeting was incorporated into the management system of monks and officials of the Ming Dynasty.

And this God Worship Association is carried out in Guangdong, Fujian, and Jiangnan under the care and care of the monks of Shaolin Temple, the celestial masters of Longhu Mountain, the Great Lama of Xueyu, and the military advisers of Zhuge's family who have done their best. Activities to spread the Gospel of God the Father.

Of course, under the care and care of the military advisers of the Zhuge family, the image of the Heavenly Father, the Emperor God, is also different from that of the West. Basically, it is the Jade Emperor changing clothes, and the heavenly brother Jesus has also become the image of the Jade Emperor’s prince. But Unlike the Western Protestantism and Old Orthodox Church that were regarded as heresies in history, the God Worshiping Society today is a branch of Christianity that is on par with the Roman Universal Church, the Raksha Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Church.

The great mages of the Worship of God will visit Rome, Moscow, and London from time to time to share their experience in worshiping God, but no one dares to say that they are heretics
In the conference room of the Kongming, Guo Xiaobao, who was the admiral of the team for the first time, was standing with his arms folded against the window covered by thick curtains, watching the staff officers under him pointing to the charts to discuss calculations, his black face It was getting darker and darker.

After receiving Zhuge Weidao's order to search and ambush the British Grand Fleet, he left the Truk Lagoon with his cruiser team and went all the way south into the Solomon Sea!
The Solomon Sea is an extremely fragmented sea area, dotted with thousands of islands, called the Solomon Islands, for the 103rd Fleet (also known as the Pacific Fleet No. As far as the three battle teams are concerned, it is undoubtedly the best choice to set up an ambush in this area to block the main force of the British Royal Navy.

But the premise is that the main force of the British Royal Navy has to go northward from the Solomon Sea. If they go to the New Guinea Sea, then Guo Xiaobao will be in vain!
However, Guo Xiaobao is not completely unsure. He chose the Solomon Sea after careful consideration. First, the Solomon Sea is located in the middle of the three main passages from the waters near Australia to Pearl Harbor. Second, the waters east of the New Guinea Sea and the Solomon Islands are relatively "clean", and it is difficult for Guo Xiaobao's fleet to "hide"; thirdly, Guo Xiaobao now uses "pretending to be a pig" Eat the tiger" plan!It's more like a "weak" pig that dives into the waters of the broken Solomon Islands!What if the British paper tigers are too scared to come if they are placed carelessly in the New Guinea Sea or in the open waters east of the Solomon Islands, looking like a group of hunters with powerful torpedoes?
In fact, the strength of the 103 fleet is not weak at all. This fleet has two "heroes", four "Kong Ming", six "strong men" and eighteen "guards", a total of 30 cruisers and destroyers!Although there are no big guys like battleships and battlecruisers, the 30 cruisers and destroyers are all "heavy mine type", all equipped with 530 mm, 630 mm caliber medium or heavy gas steam torpedoes. The lethality is extremely astonishing.

In addition, the speed of these 30 ships is extremely fast, and they can hit and run if they throw the torpedoes in their hands and there are still enemies chasing them!
And in order to have a greater chance of finding the British fleet in the fragmented sea area of ​​​​the Solomon Islands, it can also make itself appear weaker.After Guo Xiaobao led the fleet into the Solomon Sea, he dispersed the 30 ships into 6 formations, each formation was a hero or a Kong Ming, plus a strong man and three guards, a total of 5 ships Although there are only 5 cruisers and destroyers, they are not afraid of the British fleet with hundreds of ships.

Because according to reliable information, the "pigeon" aircraft that the British obtained from the Austrians can't hang bombs at all, so they can only undertake the air defense of the fleet, and they can't deal with surface ships at all.

However, the speed of the "Heroes", "Kongming", "Heroes", and "Guards" was simply beyond the reach of the British battleships, armored cruisers, and second- and third-class cruisers. Only their destroyers could catch up.However, those destroyers with less than 1000 tons and no long-range torpedoes can't deal with the powerful "heroes", "Kong Ming", and "strong men", nor can they catch up with the "guards" after the torpedoes are lighted.

It can be said that Guo Xiaobao has now figured out everything he can count, and he has installed everything he can pretend.According to the report of the 103nd Squadron of the 2rd Fleet this afternoon, their seaplanes have discovered a large British formation in the Coral Sea southwest of the Solomon Sea.
Thinking of this, he turned around and opened the curtains a crack. The scenery outside the window was good, full of stars, bright moon hanging high, it was a good day for night battles and torpedoes. If the British didn't come, it would be a waste!
At this moment, Hong Renkun was holding up his binoculars and looking around in the foremast cage of the Kong Ming, when suddenly a hazy black shadow swept across!He subconsciously shouted: "There is a situation!"

"What? What? Where?" Feng Yilong, who lives in Hong Renkun's hometown and is one year older than him, is also an observer. Brother" was startled.

"There, there, at the direction of 11 o'clock, the distance is about 10000 meters. It seems to be a big ship!" Hong Renkun said excitedly, "Thank you Heavenly Father God, thank you Heavenly Brother Jesus, Amen!"

Feng Yilong also made a cross on his chest - in fact, there are not many believers who worship God, but the Huaxian area of ​​Guangdong has become one of the resettlement places for the Portuguese who returned to Macao after Zhuge Wuzhong ordered people to recover Macau. The Society of God spread there.

After making the cross, Feng Yilong also raised his binoculars to look over, and what came into view was an armored cruiser, a big fish!
"God bless the emperor, Yingyi is here!" Feng Yilong roared, picked up the phone immediately, and reported loudly: "I found the armored cruiser of Yingyi, the distance is more than 10000, and the direction is 11 o'clock!"

(End of this chapter)